SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

WE'LL CERTAINLY BE FOLLOWING THIS – FROM CBS LOCAL:  Last week they protested gun violence.  This week, Rocklin High School students are using social media to organize a pro-life walkout using the hashtag #life.  “To honor all the lives of aborted babies pretty much. All the millions of aborted babies every year,” said organizer Brandon Gillespie.  He says his history teacher inspired the idea.  As thousands of students across the country walked out of class demanding strict gun laws, in honor of the Parkland shooting victims, Benzel was placed on paid administrative leave when she asked students to consider whether there’s a double standard in the national school walkout.  “I would like a conversation about when is too much? And are we going allow this on the other side?” said Julianne Benzel.  The principal at Rocklin High declined to meet with us for an on-camera interview, but a district spokeswoman tells us, he does plan to sit down with the student about the possible abortion walkout, and that’s not going over well with some of his peers.  I wonder if this will actually come off, or if the school, under liberal pressure, will find some reason to ban it.  We'll tell you.

REAL CLASS – FROM FOX:    An Iowa salon received major social media backlash this week after posting a photo of Ivanka Trump when she visited the store to get her hair styled before an event.
Salon Spa W, in Des Moines’ East Village, posted a picture Monday on its Facebook page of the first daughter, who was in town to tour Waukee school district's Aspiring Professional Experience program (APEX), with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Des Moines Register reported. Reynolds was standing next to Trump in the photograph.  “Our Monday kicked off with styling Ivanka Trump for her visit to Iowa! We [love] supporting women in politics,” the salon wrote in a caption on Facebook, which has since been edited.
Despite the salon’s excitement, hundreds of followers lambasted the business for styling the White House adviser and threatened to never return. Some people said the photo was “f---ing gross” and vowed to unfollow the page.  The intolerance of liberals is a thing to behold.  Whether you like or dislike the president, his daughter, who could have spent her life going to chic parties, has devoted herself to public service and building a company.  What a sin.

TRAGEDY – FROM FOX:  Police Officer Christopher Morton and two other officers were dispatched to the wrong address March 6 to respond to a disturbance call in tiny Clinton, Missouri. When the three entered the home, a man inside shot them all. Morton was killed and the two other officers were wounded.  Just three days later, Pomona, California, Police Officer Gregory Casillas attempted to stop a car for reckless driving. The driver crashed and fled into a nearby apartment. When Casillas and a second officer attempted to contact those in the apartment, they were struck by shots fired through the door. Casillas, who was only 25 and who had served in uniform for just six months, lost his life.  Morton and Casillas became the 14th and 15th police officers killed in the line of duty by fatal gunfire this year. Their deaths helped drive the almost 130 percent rise in police fatalities by gunfire so far this year.  Events in Austin remind us of our dependence on effective police work.  President Trump praised law enforcement for stopping the alleged Austin bomber.  Don't recall Mr. Obama offering much support when he was president.

March 21, 2018